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What? WordCamp UK is the annual conference for users of WordPress, the leading open source web publishing platform.

Celebrated for its flexible architecture and extensive developer ecosystem, WordPress is an award winning content management system (CMS) that powers a growing number of high profile websites including that of the Prime Minister: Number10.gov.uk.

WordCamp UK attendees include some of the best developers and users of the WordPress platform in the UK, graphic designers, digital content creators and bloggers.

WordCamp UK combines informal presentations by experienced WordPress developers with debate and discourse around the latest developments in the global WordPress community. When? WordCamp UK is to be held on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July. Where? The second WordCamp UK will take place in Cardiff, the capital and largest city of Wales.

The venue for the conference is the Future Inn Cardiff Bay, situated near the city centre and minutes away from the vibrant dining and entertainment centre of Cardiff Bay's waterfront Mermaid Quay.

The Wales Millennium Centre, the Welsh National Assembly, Cardiff County Hall, Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium and the main business community are all within a mile of the hotel.

Cardiff is well connected by rail, road and air, with the venue 12 miles away from Cardiff Airport.

The Future Inn Cardiff Bay offers excellent conference facilities, with wifi access and exceptional meeting room facilities. Recognising UK WordPress Development WordCamp UK will host the second Humphrey Awards, designed to recognise the UK WordPress community’s favourite blog, WordPress plugin and digital content.



About WordPress WordPress is a free, state of the art open-source personal publishing system that allows anyone to easily create a complex blog or multiple page website.

Written in PHP and supported by a MySQL database, WordPress offers intuitive administrative tools and sophisticated design features that make it easy to develop and integrate websites with many levels of navigation.

Renowned for its easy to use administrative interface that makes publishing to the web as simple as composing an email, WordPress has simplified the role of ‘webmaster’ to allow anyone on the web a simple and quick way to develop and maintain highly attractive websites. Facts and Figures WordPress began in 2003 as a simple open source blogging tool and has grown to be used on hundreds of thousands of websites with a worldwide user and developer community.

Its active developer community is responsible for thousands of free ‘plugins’, applications that extend the core functionality of the platform and allow for a very comprehensive feature set.

This thriving developer ecosystem has given rise to a flourishing WordPress developer industry with growing numbers of developers delivering paid services combining web development with graphic design to the UK’s creative sector.

WordCamp UK 2009 sees the UK’s WordPress developer community move from committed proponent of the open source web application movement to integral part of the UK’s digital industry. Who uses WordPress? WordPress is used by a growing number of high profile organisations. WordPress currently powers websites owned by The Financial Times, Reuters, CNN, Wall Street Journal and Yahoo!

In 2008 the prime minister’s website at Number10.gov.uk was launched on the WordPress platform.

Not content to provide a comprehensive web publishing software platform, WordPress also provides a free, blog hosting service at WordPress.com which draws roughly 100 million unique monthly visitors and is among the top 25 global sites, according to research firm Comscore.



Event Sponsorship There are two levels of sponsorship available for WordCamp UK 2009 - private and corporate.

Sponsoring WordCamp UK puts your organisation in front some of the most tech-savvy web professionals in the UK in an informal and relaxed environment.

Private, microsponsor packages start at £70.

Marketing options include: • Distribution of publicity material to all WordCamp UK delegates. • Corporate logo on 6 42in plasma screens throughout the venue in animated loop • High visibility areas for your free-standing banners/pull-ups/posters (to be supplied by sponsor). • Corporate logo and links for 12 months on the following WordCamp UK sites: http://uk.wordcamp.org http://wiki.wordcampuk.tonyscott.org.uk http://the-humphrey-awards.co.uk

We would be happy to discuss a package that suits your need.

Private sponsorship is available for individuals or groups who wish to contribute funds to the second WordCamp UK event. Publicity is optional for private sponsors who wish to support the event without receiving markeitng. Why sponsor WordCamp UK 2009? You will be able to connect your brand with influential bloggers and talented designers and developers involved with WordPress. We are looking for a small number of key sponsors and your marketing communicatonS will be targeted to a small but genuinely receptive audience. The audience This is the second WordCamp to be held in the UK and the first in Wales and is likely to attract a wide and varied audience of developers, bloggers, podcasters and designers made up of a range of professional and casual WordPress users.

Many attendees will be responsible for blogs and websites with traffic ranging from hundreds to many thousands of visits per month. A number of confirmed attendees run multiple websites or are decision makers within development organisations with job titles such as IT company director, marketing consultanct, freelance web developer and graphic designer.

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More here: http://www.futureinns.co.uk/cardiff-meeting-facilities.htm WordCamp UK 2009 contacts Event enquiries - Tony Scott Email: tonys@tonyscott.org.uk Relevant website links WordCamp UK site - http://uk.wordcamp.org/ WordCamp UK wiki - http://wiki.wordcampuk.tonyscott.org.uk/ The Humphrey Awards - http://the-humphrey-awards.co.uk/ WordCamp worldwide schedule - http://central.wordcamp.org/ The main WordPress website - http://wordpress.org/ The creators of WordPress - http://automattic.com/

Venue information Future Inn Cardiff Bay Hemingway Rd, Cardiff Bay, CF10 4AU Tel: +44 (0)845 094 5487 Fax: +44 (0)29 20432 796 E-Mail: reservations.cardiff@futureinns.co.uk http://www.futureinns.co.uk/cardiff.htm Enquriy Form: http://www.futureinns.co.uk/contact-us.htm

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